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ATHENS, Greece – Forget bailouts or austerity riots. The hot topic now in Greece is toilets. Police guarding Greece’s parliament say they are no longer being allowed inside the building to use its bathrooms. The Police Officers Association in Athens said in a statement Monday that uniformed officers have been …

BRUSSELS – European Union lawmakers have called for the strict monitoring of human rights, the rule of law and democracy in EU member Hungary after its prime minister raised questions about whether the death penalty should be reintroduced. The lawmakers called Wednesday on the EU’s executive commission to “immediately initiate …

BONN, Germany – Two weeks of U.N. climate talks are set to end with negotiators trimming a draft global climate pact, but leaving core sticking points to be untangled at later sessions before the December summit in Paris where the landmark agreement is meant to be adopted. Frustrated by the …